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**Ranks No. 7 in Bucknell history in indoor 400m (58.03); Member of indoor 4x400m relay (3:52.99) that ranks No. 6, outdoor 4x400m relay (3:50.65) that ranks No. 8, indoor sprint medley relay (4:11.46) that ranks No. 4 and 4x100m relay (48.16) that ranks No. 5 in Bucknell history; Ranks No. 6 in outdoor long jump (18-6).** 2008-09: [Indoors] Helped 4x400 relay to a Patriot League title with a time of 3:53.62 ... recorded a career-best in the long jump (18-0 1/4) to take second at the PL Championships ... scored in the 400 at the PL Championships with a fifth-place finish (58.72) ... ran Bucknell's seventh-best 400 in history (58.03) at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge ... took third in the long jump at the Bucknell Winter Classic and fourth in the event at the Gulden Relays ... also led 4x400 relay to a victory (3:56.81) and 55m shuttle hurdle relay to second place (36.39) at the Gulden Relays ... [Outdoors] Led 4x400 relay (3:53.21) to a Patriot League title and the 4x100 (48.19) to a third-place finish at the Patriot League Championships ... also at the PL Championships placed fourth in the 400 hurdles (1:04.63) and sixth in the long jump (17-2) ... finished second in the long jump at the Red Flash Open with a leap of 17-11, her best mark of the season ... took fourth in the long jump (17-4) and 400 hurdles (1:05.61) at the Bucknell Team Challenge ... helped 4x100 and 4x400 relays to third-place finishes at the Bucknell Team Challenge ... competed in the same relays at the ECAC Championships, taking 21st in the 4x400 and 27th in the 4x100. 2007-08: [Indoors] Scored in both the 400m dash (5th, 58.96) and the long jump (6th, 17-4 3/4) at the Patriot League Championships ... also on 4x400 relay that finished second (3:56.23), earning her Second Team All-Patriot League honors for the second straight year ... ran in the DMR at ECAC Championshps ... season-best long jump was 17-5 3/4 at the Bison Opener ... finished third in the 500 at the Gulden Relays and in the 400 at the Bucknell Winter Classic ... [Outdoors] Jumped 18-6 in the long jump -- 10 1/2 inches better than her previous career best -- in a runner-up finish at the Patriot League Championships ... missed the gold medal by less than two inches ... her mark ranks No. 6 in Bucknell history ... also placed eighth in the 400m hurdles (1:06.42) and ran on two relays at the PL meet ... took second with the 4x400 relay and fourth with the 4x100 relay ... earned All-East honors at the ECAC Championships after helping the 4x800 relay to a seventh-place finish ... also ran on the 4x100 and 4x400 relays at ECACs ... ran season-best 1:05.93 in the 400 hurdles at the Bucknell Team Challenge ... took fourth in the hurdles at the Bison Outdoor Classic. 2006-07: [Indoors] Placed fifth at the Patriot League Championships with a season-best time in the 400 (59.82) ... also finished 15th in the long jump at the league championship ... earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors after a runner-up PL finish in the 4x400 relay (3:55.47) ... posted a season best in the long jump (17-4) for seventh place at the Gulden Relays ... fourth-place finisher in the 400 and 10th-place finisher in the long jump at the Bucknell Heptagonal ... ran a season record of 1:19.00 to finish in 15th in the 500 at the PSU National Invitational ... [Outdoors] Had a season-best mark in the long jump (17-7 1/2) at the Patriot League Championships in a fifth-place finish ... also finished ninth in the 400 at the league championship (59.62) ... placed third in the 400 (59.21) and fifth in the long jump (17-4 3/4) at the Sam Howell Invitational. Personal: Daughter of Mary Kay and Al Pierce ... has one brother, Colin, who played football and track and field at The College of New Jersey ... lettered four times in outdoor track, twice in indoor track and once in basketball at Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, N.J. ... earned all-league four times and all-county first team twice ... team captain her junior and senior years for indoor and outdoor track and field ... double major in history and political science ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. | |||||||||||||||||||